AI Regulation in California
California has 39 tracked AI regulatory updates across 1 frameworks. This page provides an overview of the current regulatory landscape, upcoming deadlines, and recent enforcement activity.
Recent Regulatory Updates
California AI and privacy legislative activity remains active
California’s AI/privacy legislative tracker and related materials show continuing state-level momentum on transparency, governance, and AI-specific consumer rights, so deployers should expect additional California requirements to layer on top of federal obligations.
California SB1159 advances on AI transparency and governance
California SB1159 is moving forward on AI transparency and governance, so organizations should prepare for potential state-level governance, disclosure, or accountability requirements.
California SB947 moves forward on automated decision systems in employment
California SB947 advanced out of committee on automated decision systems in employment, so employers using AI for hiring or workforce decisions should prepare for possible new disclosure and governance duties.
California AB2575 advances healthcare AI legislation
California AB2575 is moving through the legislature on AI in health care services, so covered organizations should track whether it introduces new governance, disclosure, or oversight duties for clinical AI use.
California AB2575 health care services artificial intelligence
California AB2575 was introduced to regulate AI in health care services, adding to the state’s growing AI governance patchwork and requiring ongoing monitoring by health-sector operators.
California SB 947 – Employment: automated decision systems
California SB 947 remained in motion on 2026-05-20, so employers and HR vendors should track it closely for prospective rules governing automated decision systems in hiring and employment.
California AB 2575 – Health care services: artificial intelligence
California AB 2575 was last acted on 2026-05-18 and is still moving as an introduced bill, so healthcare AI teams should track it for emerging state-level obligations rather than treat it as operative law.
California AB2545 labor force impact report on AI advances
California AB2545 cleared committee on 2026-05-14, indicating growing legislative interest in AI labor impacts and signaling a possible future reporting obligation for employers and developers.
California AB1979 advances on health care AI
California AB1979 passed committee on 2026-05-14, keeping health-care AI regulation active in California and requiring providers and vendors to continue preparing for disclosure and oversight duties.
California SB947 advances on employment automated decision systems
California SB947 was read a second time and amended on 2026-05-14, so employers should expect a rapidly evolving employment-AI compliance bill and begin impact assessment planning now.
CA SB719: Department of Technology: inventory: high-risk automated decision systems
California SB719 was referred to committee on May 4, 2026, indicating continued movement toward mandatory inventorying of high-risk automated decision systems and potential new recordkeeping obligations.
CA SB1159: Artificial intelligence: transparency and governance
California SB1159 was read first time and held at desk on May 4, 2026, signaling an active transparency-and-governance proposal that could impose new documentation and disclosure expectations for AI systems.
CA SB1011: Energy: Utility Infrastructure AI Safety, Oversight, and Workforce Protection Act
California SB1011 was set for hearing on May 14, 2026, putting AI safety and oversight obligations for utility infrastructure uses under active legislative review and warranting immediate stakeholder monitoring.
CA SB947: Employment: automated decision systems
California SB947 was set for hearing on May 14, 2026, which keeps automated decision systems in employment squarely on the compliance radar and suggests near-term scrutiny of hiring and workplace AI practices.
California AB1898 workplace artificial intelligence tools
California AB1898 remained active on 2026-04-29 with a first hearing and referral to Appropriations, so employers using AI in the workplace should continue readiness work for likely AI employment controls.
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